Laundry-marking pin



March 27, 1928.

H. M. PERKINS LAUNDRY MARKING PIN Filed June 16. 1926 INVENTOR.

ATTORNE Patented Mar. 27, 1928.

, 1,664,087 UNITED; ES? A ENT FF -CE HOWARD M. rnnx'nvsor MERIDEN, ooivn'nc'riou'r,assronoa'ro'nnrro riAlvurno TUBING COMPANY, or MERIDEN, conivnoricn'r, a conronarroiv or oomvncrrour.

- j -'LAUNDRY-1VIARKING'PIN.

Application filed June 16, 1926.. SerialyNoi 116,385.

This invention relates toidentificationde-Q.

' 16-0f the pin end 12-, as clearly shown in vices, and more particularly to a safety marking pin for use in laundries, factories, V

' .llsual; ente'rlng. slots-14andi15 in its oppovsite-faces to permit: the. pointed end of the otfices, etc. I 1

One object of this invention is to provide a marking pin of the above nature which may be attached to anarticle to be identi fied and which is adapted to be. hung on av rod together with other similar pins.

A further object is ,to ,providea pin of the above nature having arelatively large marking plate secured thereto, said plate having no sharp edges which might injure the gari ment or other article to which it is attached.

A further object is to provide a device of the above nature which will be simple in. construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, compact, ornamental in appearance, and very efficient and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view there has been illustrated on the accompanying drawings one form in which the invention may be conveniently embodied in practice.

Fig. 1 represents a top plan view of the pin, as it appears with the point protected by the guard member. 7

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same, as it appears in open position with the pin unprotected by the guard member.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the plate end of the pin, taken along the line 33 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 indicates the pointed leg of thepin, said pin being preferably constructed from a single piece of wire bent u on itself into substantially U-shape and aving a semi-circular enlarged intermediate section 11. The end 12 of said wire opposite from the point is adapted to lie substantially parallel with the pointed end 10 when the marking pin is in closed position, as. shown in Fig. 1. WVhen the marking pin is open, however, the ends of the pin slightly diverge from each other, as shown in Fig. 2.

In order to protect the pointed end 10 of the marking pin, a sheet metal guard member 13 is provided, said member 13 being bent into substantially semi-circular shape and adapted to be secured in any suitable manner, as. by solder, to a curved'extremity Figs; 1 .and2. '.T-he guard. member has the tion of theaarticle to which :thepin is atlarge marking plate 17, said markingplate being semi-circular at its outer end and substantially rectangular at its inner end. The marking plate 17 is provided throughout-its outer periphery with a downwardly extending flange 18, said flange being adapted to be bent or curled over the wire of the intermediate section 11 of the'pin in order to securely lock-said plate in position. The marking plate 17 may be provided on its top face with a suitable identifying inscription, herein disclosed as three raised figures representing the number 500.

The rectangular end of the marking plate 17 is provided with a straight transverse inner edge 19, said edge having a flange 20 curled over downwardly upon itself, to prevent a. garment from being torn in case it should happen tobecome wedged between said plate 17 and the parallel sides 21 and 22 of the wire which extend for a considerable distance out of the marker plate leav-' ing a relatively large space at the center of the pin. This construction not onl mits the marking pin to be readily siipped over the suspending rods, not shown, but also allows relatively thick articles to be engaged by the marking pin. The enlarged parallel sides 21 and 22 of the intermediate section of the pin are joined to the ends 10 and 12 thereof by means of a pair of converging sections 23 and 24.

One advantage of the present invention is that the marking pin may be made extremely thin and consequently will readily pass through mangles or other laundry machines without injury.

WVhile there has been disclosed in this specification one form in which the invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that this form is shown for the purpose of illustration only, and that the invention is not to be limited to the specific disclosure but may be modified and embodied 'tached, provision isinade of a relatively.

per- I in various other forms without departingfrom its spirit. In short, the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claims. p

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, and for which for connecting said sides with said ends,

and a symmetrical marking plate having a flange curled about said sides and said rounded intermediate section, sai'dpl'ate havmg a transverse interior edge curled upon itself and terminating short of said inclined 20 sections to provide a relatively large open space Within the pin and of the clothes by said plate. a

2. In a safet marking pin, a looped wire having a roun ed intermediate section with parallel sides spaced relatively far apart, the ends of said looped wire being parallel and relatively near together, converging inclined sections for connecting said sides with said ends, and a symmetrical marking plate having a flange curled about said sides and said rounded intermediate section, said plate having 1 a ,transverse interior edge curled upon itself and tern'iinating short of I said inclined sections to provide a relative ly large open space within the pin and pre vent tearing of the clothes by said plate.

In testimony whereof, I have a'flixed 'my signature to this specification.

HOWARD M. PERKINS.

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